Remote Desktop Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Remote Desktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 295 351
Rank change year-on-year -83 +56 +81
Contract jobs citing Remote Desktop 16 52 53
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.088% 0.36% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.72% 2.23% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 33 44
10th Percentile - £153 £131
25th Percentile £153 £200 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £250 £150
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +66.67% -53.85%
75th Percentile £343 £431 £208
90th Percentile £406 £480 £359
UK median daily rate £295 £255 £188
% change year-on-year +15.69% +36.00% -39.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £19.83 £20.30 -
25th Percentile £21.83 £20.78 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.53 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +47.05% -21.95%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £23.53 £16.00
% change year-on-year +6.90% +47.05% -16.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Remote Desktop falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,229 2,333 3,439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.21% 15.99% 17.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,481 1,323 2,063
10th Percentile £200 £190 £205
25th Percentile £300 £313 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £473
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £595
90th Percentile £645 £650 £687
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 109 265
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.22 £17.72
25th Percentile £16.59 £20.30 £25.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £32.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -43.48% +41.71%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £83.08 £71.25 £75.15
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -8.57% -38.04% +61.40%

Remote Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Remote Desktop relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Remote Desktop job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Remote Desktop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Remote Desktop in the UK excluding London

Remote Desktop
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Remote Desktop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Remote Desktop within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -7 6 £155 -54.74% 14
Scotland +3 3 £225 +12.50% 6
North West -25 3 £385 +85.54% 10
North of England -52 3 £385 +82.25% 11
Midlands -58 3 £390 +52.94% 4
East Midlands -28 2 - - 1
Wales -1 1 - -
West Midlands -37 1 £390 +50.00% 3
Remote Desktop
UK

Remote Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (6.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Storage
4 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
4 1 (6.25%) ShareGate
4 1 (6.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) VPN
2 5 (31.25%) DNS
2 5 (31.25%) Firewall
3 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (18.75%) LAN
5 2 (12.50%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Law
2 4 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) IT Support
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Help Desk Officer
2 4 (25.00%) Help Desk Support
2 4 (25.00%) Service Desk Officer
2 4 (25.00%) Service Desk Support
2 4 (25.00%) Support Officer
3 3 (18.75%) Lead
3 3 (18.75%) Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Architect
5 1 (6.25%) ICT Support
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Site Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.25%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Windows Server
3 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (6.25%) Android
4 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) ITIL
3 4 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) CRM
3 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
5 2 (12.50%) Break/Fix
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 2 (12.50%) IT Asset Management
5 2 (12.50%) Re-Platforming
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (6.25%) Data Security
6 1 (6.25%) ITSM
6 1 (6.25%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (6.25%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (6.25%) VCAP
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (25.00%) Terminal Services
4 2 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (6.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (50.00%) Citrix
3 5 (31.25%) VMware
4 2 (12.50%) Blue Prism
5 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (6.25%) Oracle
5 1 (6.25%) Zscaler